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| Queen's Speech - live updates: Grenfell Tower 'Day of Rage' protests demand Theresa May quit as government plans unveiled | Queen's Speech - live updates: Grenfell Tower 'Day of Rage' protests demand Theresa May quit as government plans unveiled |
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| The Queen's Speech is due to begin at 11.30am, with Conservative sources having told The Independent it could be Theresa May's first and last as Prime Minister. | The Queen's Speech is due to begin at 11.30am, with Conservative sources having told The Independent it could be Theresa May's first and last as Prime Minister. |
| Many of the Tories’ manifesto pledges are likely to be ditched or watered down because the Government does not have the numbers to get them through Parliament. | Many of the Tories’ manifesto pledges are likely to be ditched or watered down because the Government does not have the numbers to get them through Parliament. |
| Plans to axe universal free school meals, scrap the triple lock on pensions and lift the ban on new grammar schools are all likely to be ditched. | Plans to axe universal free school meals, scrap the triple lock on pensions and lift the ban on new grammar schools are all likely to be ditched. |
| Instead, the speech is likely to focus on Brexit, with the Prime Minister under mounting pressure to abandon her plans for a hard Brexit that could result in Britain leaving the EU without a trade deal. | Instead, the speech is likely to focus on Brexit, with the Prime Minister under mounting pressure to abandon her plans for a hard Brexit that could result in Britain leaving the EU without a trade deal. |
| At the same time, thousands of protestors are gathering in London for a "Day of Rage" in a bid to "bring down" Theresa May's government. | At the same time, thousands of protestors are gathering in London for a "Day of Rage" in a bid to "bring down" Theresa May's government. |
| Theresa May's Queen's Speech 'will be her first and last', Tories admit, as PM proposes plan filled with U-turns | Theresa May's Queen's Speech 'will be her first and last', Tories admit, as PM proposes plan filled with U-turns |
| Queen's Speech could be delivered without majority as Theresa May's DUP talks falter | Queen's Speech could be delivered without majority as Theresa May's DUP talks falter |
| Thousands to march on Downing Street in bid to 'bring down' Theresa May's government | Thousands to march on Downing Street in bid to 'bring down' Theresa May's government |
| Queen's Speech scaled back as Theresa May's legislative agenda unveiled amid uncertainty | |
| Tory-DUP deal thrown into fresh doubt as deputy PM Damian Green says agreement only a 'possibility' |